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Patented Mar. 3,1891.

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UNITED STATES ATENT' OFFICE,

SAMUEL HAZARD IIALSTED, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

COMBINED SHIRT AND DRAWE'RS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,408, dated March 3, 1891. 7 Application filed September 4:, 1890. Serial No. 363,891. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HAZARD IIAL- STED, of Cincinnati, in the countyof Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Union or Combination Garments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and ex act description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters and figures of reference marked thereonpvhich form a partof this specification.

My invention relates to what are known as combination or union under-garmentsi that is, a shirt or body part and drawers con stituting a single garment. IVhether knitted or otherwise, there has always been more or less difficultyin securing in such garments in a manner satisfactory to the wearer the qualities of sufficient fullness and proper fit at the hips, perfect freedom of movement, and ample covering for warmth and protection, especially at the back below the waist. My improvement aims to secure these desirable ends; also to permit the garment to open wider than heretofore, and also to afford two thicknesses of goods extending across and covering the small ofthe back for a considerable breadth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates a front view, and Fig. 2 a rear view,'0f a combination-gaf-ment embodying therein myimprovem ents. Fig. 3 shows detached the two pieces to be inserted in the garment, indicating their position relatively to each other when inserted, and showing clearly the top horizontal line at which they are to be secured to the waist of the garment and 110W they lap and overlap each other. Fig. 4 shows one of the pieces or strips.

IVhile the whole garment may be made of any desired material, yet I prefer to make, and shall proceed to describe them as made of knitted fabrics.

The body A and both legs B 0 preferably are all in one single piece 6, cut from tubular knitted goods, so that there need be no back seam above the waist-line in the body portion, and the other pieces or insertion-strips D E may be cut from any Waste pieces or otherwise. Each of these pieces'D E is made of the form shown-that is, so that when they are crossed and inserted they shall be straight or nearly straight or horizontal at their respective top lines (1 and e and acute-angled or tapering at the lower ends g, and in the garment I cross them, as shown, at the top, and attach them at their joint top lines 1 2 3 to and partly around the garment at 'or near the lower edge of the waist-line. Both pieces D and E are sewed to the inside of the gar-- ment at its back, and in addition to the top seam, whichextends along 1 2 3, they are severally sewed at their lower ends and edges as follows, namely: Both pieces are at their lower pointed ends inserted into the upper .portion'of the legs of the garment, as plainly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and piece D is attached by seams 2 4, 4 5, and 9 2, while piece Eis attached by seams 7 8, 8 9, and 9 2, this latter seam 9 2 serving to cover an opening from 9 to 2 at first left in the line 8 2 to allow the piece D to be passed through it prior to attaching it at the seam or .line 1 2 3. The seam 2 9 I prefer to make in zigzag stitch, in order to make a neat job. Seam 1 2 3 I prefer to make with an elastic stitch, so that it may be dnrableand comfortable. Then the parts are thus put together, there is a con tinuous opening from the waist down in the lines 1 to 7, and also a continuous opening from the point 9 to 5. It will thus be apparent that the hip portion is easy and comfortable to the wearer, and has ample provision for spreading as needful, as the garment can open very wide in the back. The overlapping part-s h 1', extending as they do beyond the I more lapped part 70 and along the waist, furnish an important advantage as a protection at the small of the back, covering as far around the back of the wearer as may be desired, according to the top breadth of the overlaps of the strips D E in the line 1 2 3, and which-may be as broad as desired, and may of course vary at option, according to the size of the garment or the requirements in any particular cases. Inasmuch as the strips extend up inside the body of the garment and are sewed to it at the inside at their horizontal top line, th'e shape or appearance of the garment at its outside is not-impaired by the overlapping portions h 5, and which portions are not visible on the 0utside,but they afford in connection with the body of the garment two thicknesses covering the lower part of the back.

\Vhen making knitted garments in accord- 5 ance with my invention, I usually make first a tubular fabric on a circular-ribbed knittingmachine, or make the fabric on the Lamb knitting-machine. If made in tubular or circular Web, the Web may be cut off in any de- IO sired length suitable for the total length of the suit, the leg portions of this one piece being then cut to proper shape. The pieces or strips D E are then inserted, as above described; but the garment can be made from 15 fiat goods of any suitable kindknitted,

woven, or otherwise-my invention consisting in the improved structure of the garment and not being necessarily restricted to the material employed.

As a general rule, however, knitted goods are preferably used by 20 

